Archive for the ‘Compost’ Category

Composting: Kitchen & Yard Scraps

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

by Sally Janover

When you compost, what goes around truly does come around.

There are many ways to compost.  You can find a wide variety of suggested methods for composting on line, in books, at gardening events and at nurseries.  If you’re just starting out, it could be confusing, sound complicated or seem too time consuming.  

I’ve been composting for many years, in many states, on large and on very small properties.  I’m a busy person, but one with an environmental conscience, so there’s no way I could not recycle my food scraps, fall leaves and other “mulchables” from my kitchen and my yard.   (more…)

Composting: Yard Waste

Monday, April 6th, 2009

The following article was published by the Daily InterLake in October, 2008. David Brown is a health researcher from Kalispell; his blog is Nutrition Science Analyst.

See also his comment to the post:  “Composting Author Wanted.”

Fall Composting of Yard “Waste”

by David Brown

October is a month of opportunity for gardeners as well as those who appreciate beautiful lawns and landscaping. Trees preparing for winter remove nitrogen from their leaves and store the nutrient in buds and stems to reuse when warm weather returns. This causes leaves to change color and eventually detach and fall to the ground. (more…)

Composting: Author wanted

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

by Catherine Haug

We have received a few queries about composting:.  Shelli at Yellow Bay wanted to know if meat could be added to compost; Keith (our Brew Master) wants to know more about vermicomposting.  And the question has come up at a few gatherings.

Is there anyone in our ESP community who could write a post about composting? You don’t really have to be an expert, you just have to have experience with the topic.  And having photos to illustrate your text really helps.

The post could describe various ways to compost, what to include (or not to include), how to ensure it gets warm enough to make good compost, how to ensure it gets adequate air and moisture, benefits of adding and encouraging worms, etc.

If you are interested, send your draft to Catherine (cat(at)essentialstuff.org — email disguised), along with how you’d like your name to appear, as the author.

If you have the expertise but don’t want to write it up, lets get together.  You describe, I’ll take notes and then write it up for you.